Kunal Nayyar: Kunal Nayyar, one of TVs favourite supernerds in The Big Bang Theory, jumped at the chance to play a loud, brash, Punjabi-rapping taxi driver in the Canadian film Dr. Cabbie, according to The Chronicle Herald. Nayyars character in the film, Tony, befriends Deepak, a doctor who has recently arrived in Toronto from New Delhi. Tony convinces him to start driving a cab for extra cash since hes I play Raj on television, an astrophysicist who cant talk to women without alcohol, and here I was getting the opportunity to play an oversexed cab driver that was very appealing to me, the 33-year-old actor said in a phone interview while on set in Los Angeles shooting the hit sitcom. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Mike Tyson: The former heavyweight champion was in Toronto for his sparsely attended one-man show at the Air Canada Centre. , according to CBC. Rob Ford is 'best mayor in Toronto history' says Mike Tyson Questions are being raised about how boxer Mike Tyson, a felon with multiple convictions, gained entry to Canada last week. Mike Tyson lashes out at TV host over rape question a day after Rob Ford endorsement (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Alison Redford: Former PC cabinet minister Thomas Lukaszuk says he is starting work on what he calls a "behind the scenes" book on politics and his years under former premier Alison Redford, according to CTV. Redford quit as premier in March amid reports she spent lavishly on herself, bullied subordinates and threw temper tantrums and A member of the Alberta legislature is starting a second career as an author. Lukaszuk says there is a lot to the Redford era people don't know about, including the Tory politicians who tried to stand up and fight her spending scandals. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Employment Minister Jason Kenney: The cost of paying Conservative political staffers working in a network of satellite minister offices ballooned by 70 per cent during the same years the government was asking departments to tighten their belts. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. The number of satellite locations with staff has risen from 11 to 16 to include smaller centres such as Kitchener, Ont., Charlottetown and Iqaluit. Employment Minister Jason Kenney is pictured in West Vancouver on August 6, 2014. THE Darryl Dyck Between 2009-10 and 2013-14, the budget for staffing at the regional offices rose from $1.6 million to $2.7 million, according to figures tabled in the House of Commons this week. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq: Between 2009-10 and 2013-14, the budget for staffing at the regional offices rose from $1.6 million to $2.7 million, according to figures tabled in the House of Commons this week, according to CTV. Several cabinet ministers, including Employment Minister Jason Kenney, Industry Minister James Moore and Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq, have regional offices in addition to their headquarters in Ottawa, their MP offices, and other federal buildings and - The cost of paying Conservative political staffers working in a network of satellite minister offices ballooned by 70 per cent during the same years the government was asking departments to tighten their belts. The number of satellite locations with staff has risen from 11 to 16 to include smaller centres such as Kitchener, Ont., Charlottetown and Iqaluit. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Toronto Star: Somewhat similar arguments applied to the secession of East Timor and South Sudan. The velvet divorce between Slovakia and the Czech Republic was mutually agreed to, according to The Star. Scots have the right to decide it in their referendum, just as Quebecers did. Scots had voluntarily joined England and Wales in 1707 and now they may just as voluntarily leave. But should they and When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, the Toronto Star was the first newspaper in North America to call for the recognition of Ukraine and other former Soviet territories as independent states. During the violent breakup of Yugoslavia, a similar call went out for the recognition, among others, of Macedonia. Similarly, Kosovo deserved its independence. Those judgments, which proved prescient, were easy totalitarian states were breaking up and using violence against long-subjugated peoples. What about Scotland peacefully seceding from the United Kingdom? (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Vinay Virmani: AT the tender age of 29, Vinay Virmani is juggling roles as co-writer, creative producer and star of the Toronto-set comedy Dr. Cabbie. In the film, Virmani plays a doctor named Deepak Chopra "a very common name in India", he explains dismayed to discover the medical degree he earned in India carries no weight upon his immigration into Canada. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. "It was interesting," says Virmani, 29, in a phone interview from Toronto. "A lot of the film was shot on the street, like Yonge and Dundas Square and people would see him and crowds would gather. Adrianne Palicki, left, and Vinay Virmani in Dr. Cabbie. Even wearing all those creative hats, Virmani was, to an extent, upstaged when the film signed Kunal Nayyar to the role of Deepaks ribald best friend and fellow cabbie, Tony. Nayyar, known to millions as Raj on the hugely popular sitcom The Big Bang Theory, boosted the films visibility exponentially, Virmani says. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Royal Proclamation 1763: Taken together, though, they make up Canadas human rights history not all of it good. Documents on display, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Royal Proclamation 1763 IT It established that aboriginal title to land existed and continued to exist and all land in the colonies would be considered aboriginal land until ceded by treaty. And it banned settlers from claiming land, unless it has been first bought by the Crown from First Nations and then sold to the settlers. The proclamation set up the title-transfer process, saying it could only happen by mutual consent following a big public meeting between the Crown and First Nation, a process that established how future treaties were negotiated. And it reserved vast swaths of territory in the interior of the continent for indigenous peoples. WHY IT S Its often described as the Indian Magna Carta because it established indigenous land rights that exists to this day and ONE got rained on and the Queens signature is now fading. Another is a homely piece of lined paper covered in scribbles. Another is a bit of a mystery, perhaps created as part of a young law clerks education. of the historic records on loan to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights from the national archive in Ottawa. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Canadian population: By the year 2063, Canadas population could reach between 40 million and 63.5 million people, the agency says in a report projecting demographic changes over a 50-year period. For much of that time, the proportion of seniors in the population will expand. Canadian population surpasses 35 million Immigration critical to Canadian population growth: census , according to CBC. But the trends identified by Statistics Canada reflect a shift in a labour market and in the need for services that will force both the public and private sector to change. Canada faces a big demographic shift over the next 50 years, with a growing number of seniors and a movement of people to Western Canada, says a report from Statistics Canada. How much Canadas population grows will depend on the amount of immigration and natural factors such as the birth and death rates. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Sikh Heritage Museum of Canada: The Komagata Maru wont be in Halifax this weekend, according to The Chronicle Herald. The Sikh Heritage Museum of Canada is bringing its exhibition and lecture series titled Lions of the Sea to the Olympic Community Centre in Halifax on Sunday and But its stories will. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

garlic press: So I feel like a bonehead when three garlic farmers tell me that the handheld press is the best way to extract flavour from the vegetable, according to The Star. McClusky has brought his friends Lisa and Bart Brusse, who grow garlic on their farm near Hillsburgh, Ont., about 8,000 bulbs a year and First, an admission. I thought garlic presses were dumb. You know those things that look like a nutcracker but with a grate through which you push garlic? We had one when I was a kid and the tiny grate was difficult to clean, always gunked with the detritus of past mashings. In cooking school they taught us to finely mince it with a sharp knife, telling us that garlic presses were for home cooks, a pejorative around professional cooks like the high school dropouts and ex-cons in my class. If you take a clove, you dont smell any garlic, says Peter McClusky, garlic farmer, founder of the Toronto Garlic Festival Sept. 21 and author of the upcoming book Ontario Garlic: The Story from Farm to Festival . When you crush it, because you re combining these different cells, you re creating a compound called allicin and thats the garlic smell. The best way to do that is to put that in a garlic press. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Hossein Mousavi: The business partners behind Cresco are Hossein Mousavi, an Iranian who once drove cabs in Halifax before turning to building houses, and Taleb Abidali, an Iraqi son of a house builder and a former school principal, according to The Chronicle Herald. Only in Nova Scotia could this happen, said Abidali, who joined the business about five years after Mousavi started it in 1989 and Throw a dart at a map of major residential developments in the Halifax region and it will likely land on a project linked to Bedfords Cresco Developments Ltd. It would be an unlikely alliance in their homelands, but here they are marking the 25th anniversary of the business. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Alan Arcand: That the conclusion from a study released today by the Conference Board of Canada. , according to CBC. Alan Arcand, associate director at the board centre for municipal studies, said Thunder Bay ranks 36th out of 50. Thunder Bay and Sudbury have work to do if these two northern Ontario cities hope to attract more immigrants. The not-for-profit research group looked at 50 communities in terms of their attractiveness to newcomers. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Aga Khan: It is not so often that we have an opportunity of this sort to come together in a beautiful setting, in a wonderful spirit of friendship, and to dedicate such a splendid architectural accomplishment. More Related to this Story, according to Globe and Mail. Building on faith: Inside Torontos new Aga Khan Museum The following is adapted from a speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Sept. 12 opening of the Ismaili Centre in Toronto. Toronto s Aga Khan Museum, opening this week, is a world-class showcase for Islamic art (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

countrys population: A portrait of Canada in the next 50 years shows the countrys population could reach up to 63.5 million people by 2063 compared with 35.2 million last year, Statistics Canada projections show. More Related to this Story, according to Globe and Mail. Disruptors Doctors create app to help diagnose, treat patients at point of care Canadas population will shift dramatically in the next half century, becoming greyer, more diverse and more concentrated in the four Western provinces. Telus takes road less travelled with health-care investments (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement: According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a homeland security investigations team got a tip last week that led them to the large cache of drugs in Ferndale, Wash., a city about 23 kilometres away from the Peace Arch Border Crossing, according to CTV. The drugs carry a street value of $550,000 in the United States and more than $1-million in Canada, according to officials and U.S border officials have intercepted more than $1-million worth of drugs that were likely headed for British Columbia. Officers located and seized nine kilograms of methamphetamines and 15 kilograms of cocaine. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Mbatilo Leo Konneh: Stefan and Kayt Mahon of Canmore say they are being asked to provide documents that are impossible to find during the West Africa Ebola crisis . The mother of Mbalama Grace and Mbatilo Leo Konneh died during childbirth. Submitted by the Mahon family , according to CBC. The Mahons adopted Mbalama Grace and Mbatilo Leo Konneh from a Sierra Leone orphanage last February. Their biological mother died of a hemorrhage following childbirth. Unable to care for the twins, their biological father placed them in an orphanage and later agreed to the Mahon adoption. An Alberta family say their pleas for Canadian officials to cut red tape and grant citizenship to their stranded adopted twins in Sierra Leone have been met with even more red tape. Canadian citizenship being processed for twins whose adoption delayed by Ebola Ebola outbreak delays Canmore couple adoption plans Why the U.S. is taking charge of the Ebola response "They said they'd be willing to work with us and to come back with some requests that are divorced from reality. It a little bit upsetting," said Stefan Mahon. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

overseas immigration: The report lays out five scenarios, all based on the premise that B.C population growth is tied almost entirely to overseas immigration. , according to CBC. Under the highest growth scenario, more than two million additional B.C residents would be concentrated mostly in Metro Vancouver. A new report from Statistics Canada projects immigrants arriving from overseas could swell B.C. population by as many as two million people in the next 25 years. Under the lowest growth scenario the province would see 600,000 more people by 2038. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Chirag Shah: Following Dr. Shahs graduation, he was offered several fellowships at locations in Canada and the United States. The opportunity to work with Dr. Howard Gimbel, the world renowned eye surgeon, proved enticing and Shah accepted a fellowship in Calgary, according to CTV. After his time in Calgary, Dr. Shah accepted a fellowship at the University of Toronto and became a medical retina specialist and When doctors and other professionals relocate to Canada, there are a number of hoops to jump through before they are permitted to establish a practice. Dr. Chirag Shah completed his medical degree and residency at the Gujarat University in India before immigrating to Canada to become a retina specialist. I heard and watched and read his surgical procedures for cataract surgery, said Dr. Shah. When I got accepted into this fellowship in Calgary as well as one in the east, I chose the one here to work with him. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Lawyer Bashir Khan: Lawyer Bashir Khan says Jamila Bibi was flown out of Toronto on Tuesday afternoon, according to Globe and Mail. Saskatoon woman, 65, faces death if deported to native Pakistan: lawyer A 65-year-old woman working as a cook in Saskatoon has been deported to her native Pakistan, where her lawyer says her life could be in danger. He says his client has been barred from re-entering Canada on any visa on the future. More Related to this Story (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Rex Brynen: Those were the words of French President Fran ois Hollande at the outset of an international summit in Paris on Monday that seeking a way to counteract in Iraq and Syria. , according to CBC. "We have a problem, because the regional actors all see threats other than " says Rex Brynen, a political science professor at McGill University with an expertise in the Middle East. "The terrorist threat is global and the response must be global." While the meeting brought together leaders from around the world, Middle East analysts say that given sectarian divisions and individual self-interest, forging a meaningful coalition with countries in the region will be very difficult. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Jamila Bibi: A Federal Court of Canada judge rejected an application to stay the deportation of Jamila Bibi, a 65-year-old cook in Saskatoon. Bibis removal from the country has been set for Tuesday, barring last-minute intervention by the federal public safety minister. More Related to this Story, according to Globe and Mail. Crossing over: A flood of migrants at its southern border challenges America s idea of itself A woman who fled to Canada from Pakistan and who may be stoned to death upon her return, according to her lawyer lost what may have been her final bid Monday to avoid deportation. Canadas refugee policy risks tearing parents from their children, activists say (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Employment Minister Jason Kenney: "We announced a fundamental suite of reforms to the temporary foreign worker program earlier this year to ensure that it is used only as a last and limited resort, and that Canadians always come first in the workforce," he said in response to queries from the opposition during the Commons question period on Tuesday, according to CTV. Kenney department says that the number of applications received in July and August was about 74 per cent lower than during the same time period in 2012, before the crackdown and - Employment Minister Jason Kenney says there been a significant decrease in applications for temporary foreign workers since the government announced an overhaul of the troubled program earlier this year. "Since those reforms were announced we have seen a 75 per cent reduction in the number of applications for temporary foreign workers on the part of employers." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Saskatoon: Jamila Bibi broke down in loud sobs at the Saskatoon airport Tuesday, as her journey out of the country began, according to CTV. Bibi openly wept as she said her good-byes early Tuesday morning before being placed on a flight from Saskatoon to Toronto and A Saskatoon woman accused of adultery in her home country has been deported to her native Pakistan. Her supporters have been working to stop her deportation, saying the 65-year-old could be stoned to death once she returns to Pakistan. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

University of Calgary: Thats when the unassuming Hieu Ngo would go to work. He would tell them his story, how he went from being a Vietnamese refugee tempted by street life to a University of Calgary associate professor whose research on gangs and their behaviour has produced a pivotal study entitled The Unravelling of Identities and Belonging: Criminal Gang Involvement of Youth from Immigrant Families. More Related to this Story, according to Globe and Mail. Canadians journey to jihad shows failure to counter militant recruitment He has walked alone through some of the most unsafe neighbourhoods in Calgary in hopes he d be stopped by gang bangers wanting to know what he was doing on their turf. Mother of radicalized Calgary man killed in Syria wants to make a difference (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper: The special after-hours session, which did not include a vote, was triggered by a request submitted by Liberal foreign affairs critic Marc Garneau last week. , according to CBC. Before the debate, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair did manage to get the government to reveal the scope of the current deployment 69 special advisers in a response by Prime Minister Stephen Harper in question period Tuesday. Kady O'Malley followed a lively debate in parliament Tuesday night, as MPs got a chance to put their thoughts on Canada response to the conflict in Iraq on the official parliamentary record during an emergency debate in the House. 'We have a problem': The challenges of building an anti-coalition The debate got underway around 6:30 p.m. ET, and was expected to continue until midnight, depending on how many MPs want to speak. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.